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scarlett letter 3
unit 3
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| suppliant | asking humbly, earnestly |
| summarily | w/o delay, in a summary manner |
| sacrilege | decration, profanantion, misuse or theft of somting sacred |
| propriety | the quality of proper, appropriateness |
| propound | to put forth for consideration, set forth |
| pejorative | tending to make or become worse |
| overt | open and observable, not hidden, consealed or secret |
| myopic | nearsighted |
| maelstrom | violent or tubulent situation |
| histronic | relating to actors or acting |
| halcyon | fabled bird, calm peacful situation |
| gambit | a strategy, or ploy |
| devious | not stratight forward, shifty, departing from the correct way |
| celerity | switness in action or movement , speed |
| brackish | having a somewhat salty talse, distasteful |
| avid | having an strong desire or unbound carving, greedy |
| animadversion | strong criticistm |
| accost | to approach and speak boldly to, agressively, as with demand or request |